A disguised defeat: The Myanmar campaign of the Qing dynasty

Modern Asian Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-189

  Dai, Yingcong ^a  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; POLITICAL HISTORY; WAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 0742302232     PISSN: 0026749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0026749X04001040     Document Type: Article

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